[68skylark]

I love this kind of history.

[Vikings] invaded and conquered England in 1013.

I'm not familiar with what happened in 1013 -- does anyone have a little backgroung information to share?

[TomB]

I'll have Spam, eggs, sausage and Spam.

[gunnygail]

I don't know about that but I do believe that a photo of John Kerry was found in the tomb with the caption, "100 gold coins for return of lost POODLE shown above..."

[Red Badger]

I thought that stuff about Viking funerals burning boats was Hollywood-History....Would have been too expensive and time consuming except for a king.....

[Constitution Day]

GGG ping...

[Tax-chick]

"The Fury of the Northmen," by John Marsden, a very good treatment of the whole Scandinavian Migration period, does not even list 1013 as a significant date. Nor did the Vikings "conquer England" at any point, since there was no "England" to conquer, only a group of warring kingdoms of various ethnic backgrounds.

[greatvikingone]

Go VIKINGS!!!

[Tax-chick]

From the BBC:
Invaders
Swein and Cnut 1013

Image from the Danelaw period In 1013, King Swein of Denmark (with his son Cnut) sailed up the rivers Humber and Trent to be accepted as king in the Danelaw. By Christmas, all England submitted to Swein, and King Ethelred had fled to Normandy. In 1014, Cnut became the leader of the Danes on his father's death. Ethelred returned to England, but was so ill that his son Edmund Ironside had to assume responsibility for defence of the country against Cnut.

At a truce after Ethelred's death, Edmund and Cnut agreed to divide the kingdom between them, but Edmund died shortly after, and Cnut became king of the whole country (marrying Ethelred's widow). The brief reigns of his two successors were undistinguished, and in 1042, Ethelred's son, Edward, was invited to return from Normandy as king, despite other claimants to the throne existing.

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They're still using "England" in an anachronistic usage, to some extent ... Ethelraed's kingdom wasn't exactly a united polity, as was demonstrated in the runup to 1066.

[Boundless]

> I'm not familiar with what happened in 1013 -- does
> anyone have a little backgroung information to share?

Prince Johnathon Feeble Kerryton (later shortened to
Kerry) deposed the sitting king in a castle intrigue,
and crowned himself King John the 1/3.

The Vikings, sizing up mettle of this man, invaded
immediately.

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Check out this

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks 68skylark.

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[dakine]

I thought this a Super Bowl thread....

[MineralMan]

I didn't even know the Vikings played in England. Gosh...yah learn something new every day.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I'm not familiar with what happened in 1013 -- does anyone have a little backgroung information to share?

Just off the top of my head, I believe any "conquest" of "England" by the Norse took place over several centuries, culminating in Danish rule over the greater part of what is now England in the early 11th century. By the time of the Norman conquest, Anglo-Saxon rule had been re-established, although the Danes were still contesting for the kingdom right up until the very eve of the Conquest.

[ekyjim]

You know how they knew they were Vikings? None of them had Super Bowl rings.

[SunkenCiv]

The interesting thing about Svein Forkbeard... he built the invasion force (it wasn't as casual and la-dee-dah as just sailing up a couple of rivers) over a period of twenty years, with barracks, drills, the fleet, etc. Then he up and died. The Vikings were a scourge, but they weren't just a bunch of berserkers. :')

In 1066, at Stamford Bridge, Harold II (the King of England, successor to Edward the Confessor) rode up to parley with Tostig and the Norwegian King Harald Hardrada (one of the various spellings), who is probably high on the list of anyone's Quintessential Vikings. As he rode off, Harald asked who that was. "Harold of England". The Viking was impressed, not least because all he'd been offered was "six feet of English ground, or whatever additional is required for his height" (part of Harald's fame was his great size) by some guy on a horse.

The battle that ensued ended the lives of Tostig and Hardrada, and ended the period of large scale invasion by Viking armies -- with the exception of William the Conqueror (Usurper), whose ancestry was Scandinavian (Norman / Norseman / Northmen), and who would lead the forces which killed Harold II and ended the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms less that three weeks later.

[Cronos]

well actually the Vikings invaded a lot earlier -- they started around the 8th century and set up Danelaw in northern England right up to London. They were also based in Ireland around what is now Dublin. By the 10th century the British Isles were part of King CAnute's Empire which covered most of Scandanavia as well as other parts of north western europe.

[KeyLargo]

Did they find John Kerry's service records?

[N. Theknow]

Viking Burial Site Found in England

It was an extremely large mound with Nodic inscription on it which translated to "Metrodome."

[DJ MacWoW]

Ping

[FourPeas]

I find Viking history fascinating. Thanks!